Research Notes: Dependency

Bibliography of Clinically Relevant Research

For more than forty years psychoanalytic researchers have been interested
in understanding the etiology, correlates and consequences of dependent
personality traits in both clinical and nonclinical subjects. Listed below
are a selection of some of the most interesting recent writings on dependency.
All of these papers have an empirical emphasis. Some come from within psychoanalytic
theory while others come from outside psychoanalysis. Perusal of these
papers confirms that the field of dependency research is as active and
vigorous today as it has ever been.